ESG News

Shaping sustainable retail and consumer-goods ecosystems: impact beyond organisations
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Shaping sustainable retail and consumer-goods ecosystems: impact beyond organisations

Companies have talked about sustainability for decades, but the need for immediate action has never been stronger. Scaling sustainability efforts is not something one company can do alone. Action among your peers, partners and supply chain, and in the communities where you work to create mutual value, is a critical imperative. But to deliver a sustainable future, businesses must work not only together but also with governments, non-governmental organisations and consumers. Sustainability goals can only be achieved through collective action and collaboration.

Join this session to find out how collaboration can drive sustainable ecosystems that will ensure businesses, people and the planet thrive. We’ll be exploring:

How can collective action on sustainability unlock financial value?How can technology help deliver sustainability initiatives more effectively? What concrete examples are there?Where in your extended ecosystem will sustainable collaboration be most effective?How can regulators become part of your ecosystem and sustainability solutions?

Tweets by EconomistEvents

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Centennial Speaker Series: Terrence Keeley on Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing
2022-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
A co-sponsored event, presented by CFA Society New York, the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis, and the Museum of American Finance.

The global economy is at a crossroads. Can finance fix it? Proponents of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing say yes. They claim that new financial strategies that consider all stakeholders are essential tools for addressing runaway carbon emissions and stark income inequality, among other ills. ESG-integrated investments already encompass more than $120 trillion in financial assets. Is this approach really leading to better social and environmental outcomes for all? If not, how can it be improved?

In Sustainable, a finance industry veteran offers an insider’s look at the promises, prospects, and limitations of ESG investing and provides comprehensive solutions that would promote more optimal outcomes. Terrence Keeley argues that both activist and C-suite advocates have been overly optimistic about what ESG can accomplish. Divestment threats are ineffective tools for altering corporate behavior, and verifiably “good” companies do not systematically generate great returns. Most importantly, business and finance cannot achieve inclusive, sustainable growth on their own: Regulators, public policies, civil society, and individuals must all play specific, complementary roles to shape the future we need.

Copies of Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing will be raffled off to attendees.

Tweets by CFANewYork

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Empower 2022
2022-11-01 09:00 - 2022-11-02 16:30 | Hotel Casa Amsterdam, Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, Amsterdam, 1097, Netherlands
Build the digital future of solar at Empower

Free virtual summit for solar professionals. November 1-2, 2022

Empower is where the solar community gathers to move the industry forward. Learn about the latest technologies, earn NABCEP credits, and network with 1000+ of your industry peers. This virtual event presented by Aurora Solar will be live online from November 1-2, 2022.

Edward Norton: The Importance of Solar for All

During his keynote session, Norton will share his views on the role of solar in creating resiliency and social equality. He will also discuss the importance of distributed energy and how it has come to life through the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust’s Chyulu Carbon Project, which he has been supporting for the past 25 years. One of the project’s newest initiatives focuses on building electric vehicle, energy storage, and solar infrastructure in remote parts of Kenya to help protect wildlife.

In support of this cause, Aurora Solar will donate five dollars to this initiative for every person who registers for Empower 2022, up to $25,000, and will match donations, up to an additional $25,000, made to this cause through the Aurora/MWCT GoFundMe page; donate here.

https://twitter.com/aurorasolarinc/

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Sustainable Landscapes and Commodities Forum
2022-11-01 09:00 - 2022-11-02 16:30 | Hotel Casa Amsterdam, Eerste Ringdijkstraat 4, Amsterdam, 1097, Netherlands
This two day business conference will debate and showcase real world solutions to the most pressing and urgent challenges in commodity supply chains. We’ll look at what’s driving value chain change and how business is working to deliver on increasingly difficult sustainability targets.

The practical steps for business to navigate incoming legislation, engage and incentivise local communities and effectively implement a forest positive approach

The role of business in building resilience in smallholder supply chains and ensuring farmers are prepared for the effects of climate change

How business can enable the transition to regenerative agriculture and drive effective climate action within supply chains

How business can drive sustainable rural development and close the living income gap to ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability

Tweets by InnovaForum

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Clean Fuels Alliance America’s Sustainability Workshop
2022-11-01 08:00 - 2022-11-02 17:00 | Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark, 1 S Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri, 63102, United States
Workshop Purpose: To present the latest efforts, data, information, and research relevant to advancing sustainably produced biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels in the marketplace.

2022 Workshop Objectives: To promote understanding of greenhouse gas emissions accounting and lifecycle analysis (LCA) for various stakeholders, including policymakers and fuel end-users; provide updates on these accounting efforts with a focus on impacts to the clean fuels space; and to identify opportunities to improve the science impacting these efforts.

Target audience: Industry stakeholders, including end-users, policymakers, and anyone involved in the biodiesel, renewable diesel, or sustainable aviation fuel supply chain.

Keynote speaker: Dr. David Babson from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) will offer a keynote address on ARPA-E’s vision for a new carbon economy and how the programs Dr. Babson oversees are working to optimize carbon efficiency and utility.

Tweets by CleanFuelsAA

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

ESG Investment North America 2022
2022-11-01 08:00 - 2022-11-02 17:00 | New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, United States
The Leading Institutional Investor ESG Investment Summit

It’s clear, ESG is here to stay. With materiality now proven and shareholder pressure growing daily, the conversation has moved from ‘WHY´ to ’HOW’. NOW is the time for the institutional investment community to make ESG their number one priority.

Reuters Events ESG Investment North America 2021 is the most respected meeting place for institutional asset owners, asset managers, regulators, standard setters and data providers to discuss how to put ESG at the core of investment strategy.

The industry-led agenda has been designed to deliver both strategic insights and tactical guidance on how to accelerate ESG integration plans, scale innovative sustainable and social products, access verified data, and refine engagement strategy. Join us, as ESG redefines the future of investment.

Tweets by reutersevents

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Climate Risk Insight Hour
2022-10-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Event
Recalibrating what it will take to achieve net-zero

The pathway to net zero will take significant time and money. Trillions of dollars in investment will be required to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, with annual spending needing to increase by 60%. The shift to net zero also invites social, political and structural changes. It is estimated to create 200m jobs by 2050, though some 185m jobs may be lost, according to a study by McKinsey & Company.

As more firms work on decarbonisation activities, the opportunities, costs, trade-offs and uneven nature of the transition becomes more apparent. And it is unclear how geopolitical crises, such as the war in Ukraine, may affect the pace of the transition to net zero for companies and countries.

What short- and long-term social and economic adjustments must be made in the transition to net zero? How do these differ across regions, sectors and communities? What has been the effect of recent geopolitical events on decarbonisation strategies? Do shocks like the war in Ukraine threaten to upend the sustainability agenda, or could they hasten its progress? How are business leaders preparing for volatility in the energy sector? And what does this mean for companies’ investment strategies?

Tweets by EconomistEvents

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum 2022
2022-10-27 08:00 - 2022-10-28 17:00 | Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia VE, 30133, Italy
ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative will participate in the Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum 2022. More information to follow.

Tweets by UN

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival 2022
2022-10-26 21:00 - 2022-10-27 00:30 | Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, California, 90049, United States
About the Event

The Bloomberg Green Docs competition was launched in November 2021 as a platform to encourage more climate-focused storytelling. Filmmakers from around the world submitted their short documentary films to compete for a $25,000 grand prize selected by our nine-member jury.

Our jury is John Fraher and Aaron Rutkoff of Bloomberg Green; actors Ed Begley Jr. and Sam Heughan; filmmakers Eva Orner and Oliver English; climate scientist Deanna Hence; Anna Jane Joyner, founder and director of Good Energy; and Jill Tidman, executive director of the Redford Center.

On Oct. 26, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, we’ll screen the top five films and announce our grand prize winner. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the finalists, the jury, and a community of fellow climate enthusiasts and filmmakers.

Tweets by climate

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

2nd Asia Pacific Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum
2022-10-25 08:00 - 2022-10-27 17:00 | Virtual Event
Environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) are at the forefront of the triple planetary crises of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change. All EHRDs, as individuals and groups who, in their personal or professional capacity and in a peaceful manner, strive to protect and promote human rights relating to the environment, including water, air, land, flora, and fauna1, play an essential role in protecting the environment, supporting the rights of communities to participate in environmental decision making and calling out unsustainable development practices and illegal actions causing environmental harm. Their role is central to realizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a right that has recently been given universal recognition.

Following a landmark resolution adopted at the Human Rights Council in 20212, on 28 July 2022 the United Nations General Assembly recognized, for the first time, that a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a universal human right3. The General Assembly resolution affirms the importance of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment for the enjoyment of all human rights, and calls upon States, international organizations, business enterprises, and other relevant stakeholders to scale up efforts to ensure a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for all. There is no time more critical to support and champion the role of EHRDs than now, to ensure that the right to a healthy environment is implemented for everyone everywhere.

Environmental defenders continue to be at the forefront of environmental protection, holding governments and businesses to account for environmental harms and upholding the rights of those most affected by environmental degradation. Environmental defenders fill a vital gap in spotlighting the inaction of primary duty-bearers. Despite the crucial contribution from environmental human rights defenders, they are rarely recognised and often neglected as significant drivers of sustainable and just social and environmental progress. Instead of lauding the actions of EHRDs, they are instead frequently subject to violent attacks and reprisals, stigmatization, arbitrary detention, and lawsuits. Environmental defenders who may be activists, journalists, Indigenous peoples, and members of local communities, who are at the forefront of sustainable development and good environmental governance, are often targeted and harassed.

Among the 615 human rights defender attacks linked to Business and Human Rights tracked in 2021, nearly 70% were against climate, land, and environmental rights defenders4. Data demonstrated that while attacks against EHRDs happen in every region of the world, Asia Pacific was the most affected region in 2021 with 247 cases. Most attacks occurred in India (49) and the Philippines (44).

Tweets by UNEP

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Verge 2022
2022-10-25 08:00 - 2022-10-27 17:00 | San Jose Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, California, 95113, United States
VERGE 22 is the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time.

Join thousands of leaders — from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to address the climate crisis across six strategic areas: clean energy, sustainable transportation, carbon removal, regenerative food systems, net-zero buildings and the startup ecosystem.

Learn from more than 400 thought leaders and practitioners addressing the climate crisis.

VERGE 22 offers valuable learning and networking opportunities for thousands of professionals from business, government, solution providers and startups.

Tweets by GreenBiz

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Navigating Energy Pathways for Climate Ambition: The implications of 1.5°C scenarios for Paris-aligned energy transitions
2022-10-24 11:30 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
Energy scenarios have a key role to play in guiding the energy system transformation needed to meet the 1.5°C temperature limit under the Paris Agreement. These scenarios can influence investor expectations and policy decisions.

A new IISD report aims to provide policy-makers, investors, and companies with information on how to align energy decision-making with Paris Agreement goals. It conducts an unprecedented analysis of the most influential modelled pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C. The research shows a high level of agreement among these scenarios with implications for the phase-out of oil and gas and the ramp-up of clean energy deployment and investment.

The webinar will provide a first look at the key findings from this authoritative report highlighting the implications of 1.5°C scenarios for fossil fuel phase-out and renewables scale-up, barriers to those transitions and solutions to such challenges, and tools for governments and financial institutions to navigate the current energy crisis while maintaining climate ambition.

Panellists from intergovernmental organizations and the scientific community will reflect on the key findings of the report and discuss its implications for energy decision-making.

Tweets by IISD_news

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

CFA Society New York Sustainable Investing Group Meeting
2022-10-21 12:00 - 13:30 | Virtual Event
The Sustainable Investing Thought Leadership Group provides a forum to advance the dialogue around the role of sustainable investing (SI) in today’s markets. Programs focus on current SI issues, including those related to fiduciary responsibility and risk management. Members seek to identify the challenges and rewards of incorporating environmental, social, and governance factors in security analysis.

Tweets by CFANewYork

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Understanding the ABCs of ESG
2022-10-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues can have a material impact on investment risk and return. These issues, historically limited to socially responsible investors, are garnering increased attention and moving to the mainstream as more investors recognize their impact on investment performance.

Join us for an in-depth conversation with leading industry experts who will review broad trends across the ESG landscape and provide specific case studies of how incorporating ESG issues informs investment decisions.

Tweets by ChurchPension

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Total Health 2022
2022-10-20 10:00 - 2022-10-21 17:00 | Marriott Marquis Chicago, 2121 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
Our healthcare system is unsustainable.

Burnout has reached pandemic levels, demand on services mounts dramatically, the cost of care continues to rise and populations suffer worse than ever from unequal access.

The time for change is now, but uncertainty is rife. While the pandemic showed us the power of what’s possible when the health system unites, healthcare leaders must work out how to embrace data-sharing regulations that provide more choice and power to the patient while transitioning business models toward a system of value-based care. It is paramount to facilitate employer collaborations in line with new standards in working-life, and work hand-in hand with a host of new direct to consumer disruptors that enter the market, vying with incumbent providers or health plans.

At Total Health 2022 CEOs, innovators, disruptors and policy makers will join forces to behind a vital mission: building a resilient health system through innovation to ensure gold standard of health for all.

Tweets by Reuters

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

ESG & Climate Risk Summit USA 2022
2022-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Madison, New York
Register Here

Where ESG risk leaders connect, exchange ideas and make vital steps towards the new future of finance.​

The ESG & Climate Risk Summit USA is taking place in New York this October gathering senior ESG risk management and investment decision makers from asset managers, hedge funds, life insurance firms, pension funds and investment banks in the USA.

With an agenda steered by the Risk.net editorial team and our global advisory board and covering the most pressing issues facing ESG risk professionals, you will leave with new ideas, new connections and a new perspective on ESG and climate risk.

Key 2022 themes:

NET ZERO

As the ESG trend continues to grow, more clients want assurance that their portfolios are not contributing to climate change. As a result, banks, asset managers, and funds will want to consider:

Carbon pollution by company Carbon pollution by sector Carbon offsets

CARBON DISCLOSURE

With the growing demand for ESG data in order to become more net-zero, organizations are needed to participate in the climate movement. It is important for companies to give information on their carbon pollution in three tiers:

Scope 1 – direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Scope 2 – indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Scope 3 – indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the value chain of a company

Scope 3 disclosure is the hardest to monitor and we will discuss how to improve all forms of disclosure.

ESG DATA

In addition to carbon disclosure data, there are other aspects of ESG that can inform investors on a company’s impact on the climate and their financial outlook. This includes data such as:

Board/leadership diversity Human rights Water stress levels

CLIMATE RISK MODELING

Whether we like it or not, climate change is already here. What is important at this point is minimizing its impact and determining risk through scenario analysis. Climate risk modeling will help determine impacts on company balance sheets from paying damages, losses, or reductions in future potential profits. These are all impacted by growing:

Extreme weather events Shortages impacting supply chain Sea level rise/flooding

IMPACT INVESTING

Asset owners and investors are choosing to use their capital for the greater good. Companies and individual investors can be influential by:

Divesting from heavy polluters Investing in heavy polluters to influence company decisions from within Investing in climate solutions

POLICY

USA is much more ahead of other global regions when it comes to imposing climate friendly regulations. We will seek to explore what other regulations are expected in the future and how to stay compliant.

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Climate Bonds Connect 2022 - Global Conference London
2022-10-19 04:00 - 2022-10-20 13:00 | Virtual Event
Global Conference – 20 October 2022

For the 7th year running, our Climate Bonds annual conference, now part of the Climate Bonds CONNECT event series, continues to frame the global discourse and agenda on climate finance.

As climate impacts batter communities on all continents, scientists agree we are facing a climate emergency and the window of opportunity to align our economies to a safer 1.5-degree pathway is closing fast. With so much volatility – where concerns about our planet’s future and its climate intersect with petrostate wars; food shortages; health pandemics; species extinction; cost of living increases and more, we have to find solutions fast. It will not be easy, but there is hope. The majority of the world’s institutional investors are aware of the risk such volatility poses to their portfolios if action is not taken. They have a mandate to ensure risk is mitigated over the long term – and they want to act.

Under the theme ‘Mobilising $5trillion of Climate Bonds per year by 2025, this year’s Climate Bonds Global Conference will include discussion sessions with opportunity and solutions-driven conversations teasing out the most relevant topics that bridge science, policy and finance. Top speakers, thought leaders, decision-makers and influencers will discuss the challenges and current trends that shape the future of green finance in emerging and developed markets, including topics on taxonomies, policy guidance and transition pathways.

Climate Bonds Connect 2022: Combining the power of in-person and with the reach of online participation

The Global Conference benefits from a hybrid (online and in-person invitation only) format, allowing for a wider global audience to be connected to the discussions.

The event will gather investors; asset owners; governments; banks; issuers; regulators among others and provide ample opportunity for networking and building connections.

Tweets by ClimateBonds

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Moody's China ESG Information Disclosure Roundtable and the 7th ESG Webinar
2022-10-18 23:00 - 2022-10-19 01:15 | Virtual Event
11:00Welcome remarks Min Ye, Managing Director, Head of International, Moody’s Corporation

11:05Guest keynote speech: Understanding and integrating ESG into corporate strategy Yue Qi, Deputy Director, International Cooperation & Research, SASAC Research Center

11:15Keynote speech: How Moody’s integrates ESG into credit ratings Brian Cahill, Managing Director, Global Head of ESG, Moody’s Investors Service

11:30Fireside chat: Innovation and practice in green debt financing market Hao Shi, Managing Director, Country Manager for China, Moody’s CorporationNing Han, National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII)

11:50Roundtable discussion and Q&A John Wang, Vice President – Senior Analyst, Moody’ s Investors Service (Moderator)Daniel Wang, Vice President, Product Strategy – APAC, Moody’s ESG SolutionsYixiang Chen, Assistant Director – Senior Product Strategies, Moody’s AnalyticsPeiyuan Guo, Chairman, SynTao Green FinanceJoy Song, Vice General Manager, CECEP Environmental Consulting GroupAthena Ng, General Manager, Corporate Finance Department, China Overseas Land & Investment Co. LtdKatherine Han, Head of ESG Research, ESG Research Department, Harvest FundNan Luo, Chief Representative, United Nations Principles for Responsible InvestmentRebecca Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Asia Investor Group on Climate ChangeEddy Gan, Vice President, BlackRock

13:05Exclusive interview: Thoughts on Chinese financial institutions’ ESG disclosures Jonathan Qian, Director, Solutions Specialist, Moody’s AnalyticLi Xu, Chairman, Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank

Tweets by MoodysCorp

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

ESG USA 2022
2022-10-18 08:15 - 2022-10-19 16:05 | Etc Venues Lexington, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10022, United States
Advances in SEC disclosure requirements and global regulatory expectations

Enhancing forecasting capabilities for climate stress testing

Assurances and data requirements to mitigate greenwashing risks

Tracking costs of ESG and economic realities for long term strategy

Reporting requirements and impacts of climate risk to drive decision making

Setting short term targets to build towards and agile long term net zero target strategy

Tweets by cefpro

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

UN-IATT/GIZ Training on STI Policy for the SDGs for Tunisia and Arab States
2022-10-18 03:00 - 2022-10-20 04:00 | Virtual Event
Background

The UN Interagency Task Team on STI for SDGs (IATT) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) will organise a series of virtual training for STI policy-makers and practitioners from Tunisia and the Arab States. The training is composed of the following three sessions:

Session 1: Current approaches to STI policy-making in the context of SDGs (18 October 2022, 14h-16h Tunis time/GMT+1)Session 2: Innovation and entrepreneurship (19 October 2022, 14h-16h Tunis time/GMT+1)Session 3: STI policy instruments design (20 October 2022, 13h-15h Tunis time/GMT+1)

The sessions aim at engaging participants in interactive discussions and practical reflection on existing approaches, case studies and national experiences in establishing and managing STI in the context of the SDGs.

Tweets by SustDev

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

The Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence: A Pathway towards Sustainable Development - High-Level Meetings with Partners
2022-10-17 09:00 - 2022-10-18 16:30 | World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C., 1818 H St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20433, United States
Background

The Africa Centers of Excellence project (ACEs) is the first large scale regional program funded by the World Bank in the higher education sector in Africa. It addresses higher-level skills development needs and innovative research requirements for the continent’s priority development sectors in five main areas: science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); agriculture; health; environment; applied social science and education. Since its start in 2014, the program has supported over 80 centers in more than 50 universities across 20 countries across the continent. Under the program, thousands of students –more than one third of whom are female– are enrolled in postgraduate programs geared towards international standards in delivering quality training and regional specializations that are helping to fulfill labor market demands on the continent. The ACEs are undertaking high impact research that are addressing some of the region’s most pressing development challenges such as food insecurity, climate change and infectious diseases.

In 2019, in order to increase the impact of existing ACEs and extend the program to more centers, the World Bank, together with the French Development Agency, launched the third phase of the program: the “ACE for Development Impact project, ACE-Impact”. A total of 53 centers in 35 universities across 11 countries –Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo—participate in the ACE-Impact project to improve and accelerate the quality, quantity and development impact of postgraduate education. These ACEs have developed strong partnerships with universities and industries locally, regionally and all over the world, helping to generate support for student’s research programs, offering internships, and facilitating their access to the job market. The ACEs are playing a key role in increasing the number of sciences graduates needed to support Africa’s fast-growing economy.

About the event

In collaboration with the French Development Agency, AFD (co-financier of ACE-Impact), the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, IRD (facilitating ACEs’ regional networks), and the Association of African Universities, AAU (ACE-Impact Regional Facilitation Unit), the World Bank is organizing a two-day high-level event under the theme: “The Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence: A Pathway towards Sustainable Development”. The event will take place at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 17 and 18, 2022, and will bring together the ACEs and the most influential decision makers in the development space to discuss the centers’ innovations and best practices at both national and regional levels, as well as their challenges and opportunities. Following the high-level event, the ACEs will travel on October 20 and 21, 2022 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University for peer-learning and partnership opportunities.

Tweets by WorldBank

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Sustainable Brands San Diego 2022
2022-10-17 08:00 - 2022-10-20 17:00 | The Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, 2100 Costa Del Mar Road, Carlsbad, California, 92009, United States
Turn ideas into actions

Sustainable Brands ’22 is the global event for regenerative brands and leaders. At SB’22 San Diego, join us to Recenter & Accelerate: Find a unique mix of inspiration, thought leadership, unparalleled community and connections. At SB’22, participants are immersed in a fun, safe space to learn. Together we define and demonstrate the path to good growth, unlocking the power of sustainable and regenerative business.

Tweets by SustainBrands

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Ending Poverty in Central Asia: Navigating Uncertainty
2022-10-17 07:00 - 09:15 | Virtual Event
Before Central Asia could recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and return to pre-pandemic levels of poverty reduction, the world was plunged into more uncertainty given the war in Ukraine and rising food and fuel prices. These crises could undue decades of efforts in the region’s fight against poverty and are top of mind for households—World Bank survey data shows that over half of respondents across Central Asia are concerned about how these global crises could disrupt their lives.

On October 17, the World Bank will host a discussion on how the region can preserve hard-won gains and continue lifting people out of poverty despite these global shocks. Speakers will address:

How resilient are Central Asian households in the current climate?

2. How are poverty trends changing and what can the region expect in the near future?

3. What policies should be prioritized to support the poorest and most vulnerable in Central Asia?

Join us to learn more and share your views on what it will take to push forward on ending poverty in Central Asia through these difficult times.

Tweets by WorldBank

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Innovation Summit Las Vegas 2022
2022-10-12 12:00 - 2022-10-13 19:00 | Resorts World Las Vegas, 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109, United States
Shape the future of sustainability

Join your peers, industry experts, and thought leaders in the discourse that will transform our industries and change sustainability ambitions into meaningful actions. Together, we’ll accelerate the digital transformation. After all, no one innovates alone. The time to act is now. Find out why at Innovation Summit Las Vegas.

The latest energy trends – all in one place

Innovation Summit Las Vegas gives you a front-row seat to the people, solutions, and strategies defining the future of energy and automation.

See the Schneider Electric solutions powering Resorts World Las Vegas – one of the Strip’s most sustainable, digitally integrated buildings.Learn about the technology behind zero-carbon data centers.Hear what your peers and experts are doing to execute their sustainability strategies.Explore newly launched products, software, and solutions at the Innovation Hub.

Tweets by SchneiderNA

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

ClimateTech 2022
2022-10-12 09:00 - 2022-10-13 17:30 | Virtual Event
Transforming the economy for a sustainable future

New technologies across all industries are making it possible to craft business plans that transition to clean energy systems while maintaining, if not improving, market competitiveness. Net zero 2050 commitments no longer need to be based on hope, but can instead be built on technology, policy, and societal changes that will transform the economy for a sustainable future.

Join us in person on the MIT campus or online from anywhere in the world for an attendee-centric experience that features globally renowned experts, live presentations, interactive Q&As, expert-led discussions, and rich networking experiences.

Tweets by techreview

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Cleantech Forum Asia 2022
2022-10-12 08:00 - 2022-10-13 17:00 | Sheraton Towers Singapore, 39 Scotts Rd, 228230, Singapore
The 2022 edition of Cleantech Forum Asia is happening in Singapore on 12-13 October.

Our theme, From commitments to actions: the sprint to net zero is on will inspire a research-led agenda where experts discuss the big ideas with the power to deliver a cleaner, cooler world.

Join us for easy access to start-ups, scale-ups, investors and multinationals from across the region and the world. Not only will you meet the future of Asia’s sustainable innovation ecosystem, but you’ll also discover the global connections that will fuel your next opportunities wherever you live and work. Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn from the future of Asia’s sustainable innovation ecosystem, including companies on the recently released 2022 APAC Cleantech 25 list.

Tweets by cleantechgroup

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

2nd ANNUAL SUMMIT ON ESG
2022-10-12 08:00 - 2022-10-13 17:00 | NY Hilton Midtown, New York, New York, United States
Register Here

During ACI’s 2nd Annual Summit on ESG, ESG professionals convene to address key pillars and trends driving ESG in 2022. Attendees will gain insights from the full ESG ecosystem – institutional investors, asset managers, legislators, regulators, government leadership from the SEC, and ESG thought leaders from various sectors – to discuss ways to unlock ESG opportunities that align people, profit, and purpose with the greater goal of building a better future for all.

An Event That Stands Apart: While most ESG and impact investment events only scratch the surface, this program will truly delve into actionable strategies for a best-in-class ESG program and investment risk management.

An Event Worth Your Time: Your time is valuable-and this event will deliver! Spend your time comparing notes with the right people. Benchmark with proven leaders, connect with key stakeholders and stay in the loop on new, anticipated regulatory changes affecting your ESG strategy.

An Event with You in Mind: No generic, watered-down presentations. The interactive sessions will focus on the very high stakes issues coming across your desk.

An Event with the People You Want to Meet: Meet influential ESG and investment executives with proven track records of success. Connect in 1:1, large and smaller-group networking opportunities

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings 2022
2022-10-10 08:00 - 2022-10-16 17:00 | IMF and World Bank Group Headquarters, 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20433, United States
2022 Annual Meetings

The 2022 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place in person from Monday, October 10, through Sunday, October 16 in the IMF and World Bank Group headquarters, in Washington DC.

Registration will be available for all categories of participants (Delegates, Observers, Guests, Civil Society Organizations, Press). Registration for CSOs will open on August 8 and registration for all other categories will open mid-August. Virtual audiences will be able to follow public events on IMF and World Bank digital platforms. Additional information on the schedule and registration will be available online closer to the Meetings.

Keystones of the Annual Meetings are the Plenary session, the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Financial Committee meetings. Other featured events include regional briefings, press conferences, and fora focused on international development, the global economy, and financial markets.

The public program of events will be streamed on World Bank Live. These events are open to everyone and registration is not required to view the event streams.

Registration is required to attend by-invitation-only events. Registration is open for Delegates, Observers, and Press. Registration for Guests and CSOs is closed.

Tweets by WorldBank

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

ESG Impact 2022
2022-10-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
It is an economic imperative for leaders, investors and society to maximize the return on investment of ESG strategies. While having comprehensive sustainable business plans that navigate issues like climate change, stakeholder capitalism and DEI efforts are now table stakes for most organizations; some companies are ahead of the curve when it comes to these efforts. When it comes to investing, there are quantitative and qualitative ESG investment strategies that have proven success when it comes to returns and impact.

CNBC’s ESG Impact conference convenes corporate leaders and noted investors who are succeeding in the space to share their best ideas when it comes to the environment, social and governance, where to invest and how to measure the impact.

More Event Details to Come

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.

Climate Bonds Connect 2022 - Regional Seminar Asia Pacific
2022-10-05 20:00 - 2022-10-06 01:45 | SGX Centre, Singapore
REGIONAL SEMINAR ASIA PACIFIC

Kick-starting our Climate Bonds CONNECT 2022 event series is our Asia Pacific Regional Seminar in Singapore, where we will convene local and regional actors and focus the conversations on the Asia Pacific region’s priorities to accelerate the development of the sustainable debt market.

As a region on the front line of climate change impacts, organisations in Asia have been working relentlessly with significant capacity-building projects in the region. The growing volume of Sovereign labelled issuances for infrastructure investments, including sustainable Islamic finance growth and Green Sukuk issuances, positions the region as an influential player in the transitioning of the green finance economy.

The combination of net-zero commitments; policy action; green hubs; global investors; and banking sector support in the region will help pave the way for sustainable growth paths needed to raise the $5trillion of climate bonds issuance per year by 2025.

Climate Bonds Connect 2022: Combining the power of in-person and with the reach of online participation

With a mix of invitation-only in-person participation and a larger online audience connected to the discussions, the Asia Pacific Regional Seminar will combine the power of in-person events with the reach and flexibility that online participation provides to drive the sustainable finance agenda forward.

Leading investors, financial leaders and policymakers from across the region will convene in Singapore this October to discuss potential solutions and opportunities for both private sector and governments in moving their economies onto a Paris-aligned pathway.

Tweets by ClimateBonds

ESG News Editorial TeamThe ESG News Editorial Team is comprised of veteran financial journalists and sustainability analysts dedicated to providing real-time, objective reporting on global ESG regulations, climate finance, and corporate governance. Our desk monitors daily developments from the SEC, IFRS, CSRD and international regulatory bodies to ensure our 1M+ readers receive accurate, data-driven insights into the evolving sustainable investment landscape. Follow the ESG News Editorial Team for expert reporting on global sustainability standards, ESG disclosures, and climate policy. Access over 10,000 investigative reports and real-time updates.
